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beyond

/bɪˈjɒnd/ UK
/biˈ(j)ɑnd/ Atlantic Canada, US
/bɪˈjɛnd/ New England, obsolete
/biˈjɒnd/ Canada, dialectal
/biˈjɔnd/ Australia
[biˈjɔ̟nd] New Zealand
/bɪˈjɔɳɖ/ South Asia
/bɪˈjɑɳɖ/ South Asia

Rhymes with -ɒnd

Where it comes from

From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder.

preposition

Further away than.
On the far side of. No swimming beyond this point.
Later than; after.
Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass. Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.
In addition to; supplementing. She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.
figuratively Past, or out of reach of. You won't last beyond my first punch.
figuratively Not within the comprehension of. He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.

Similar: ayond, ayont · Opposite: before, earlier

adverb

not comparable Farther along or away. next year and beyond
Similar: ayond, ayont
not comparable In addition; more.
informal, not comparable extremely, more than But to then write about his allegedly fat girlfriend was beyond stupid, because by doing so he was in fact engaging a woman (me) in the “Am I fat?” discussion, which he supposedly realized he should never do.
Similar: acutely, awfully, almighty, badly, seriously, impossibly, beyond, damn, drastically, exceedingly, extraordinarily, highly

noun beyonds

The unknown.
The hereafter.
Something that is far beyond. And that is perhaps why I am constantly searching for great beyonds — beyonds that will permit the application of different theoretical models (be they semiotically-inspired, gender-inspired, sexuality-inspired, and so on) beyond any disciplinary confines.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: farther, far, externally, outside, afield, more, out, off, about, once, elsewhere, abroad, apart, most, aside, without

preposition

Similar: ayond, ayont · Opposite: before, earlier

Translations

Every language

prep further away than

Español	más allá / acullá de, allende
Português	além
Français	au-delà, par-delà
Italiano	oltre, (al) di là di, dall'altra parte di, più di
Ελληνικά	πέρα péra
Русский	за za, позади́ pozadí, да́льше dálʹše
العربية	أَبْعَد ʔabʕad

prep on the far side of

Español	más allá de, allende
Português	além
Français	au-delà
Deutsch	jenseits
Italiano	oltre
Ελληνικά	πέρα péra
Русский	за za, позади́ pozadí
العربية	أَقْصَى ʔaqṣā

prep later than; after

Italiano	dopo
Русский	по́сле pósle
العربية	بَعْد baʕd

prep greater than

Italiano	oltre
Русский	вы́ше výše
العربية	فَوْق fawq

prep in addition to

Italiano	oltre
Русский	кро́ме króme, не счита́я ne sčitája
العربية	فَوْقَ fawqa

adv farther along or away

Español	más allá

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@misc{beyond_2026,
  title = {beyond},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beyond},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}